they ve taken it out of his hands. republican aides have told nbc news tonight we should expect a good showing a republican women on the floor tomorrow arguing for the bill. they say that is by design. what do you think is going on there with trent franks sort of being, having this taken away from him and them branding it the way that they are on the other side? well, there aren t very many women in the house. just 78 out of the 435. three-quarters of the women are democrats and almost all of them are pro-choice. almost all of the republican women are anti-choice. so the fact that there is a republican woman arguing for this bill doesn t mean that the bill isn t anti-choice and disrespectful to the rights of american women. congresswoman blackburn has a long record of she s a co-sponsor of the bill and, you know, she has the same view as congressman franks as to whether this bill should be passed.
man will never, which a man will never share about a motive connection between between that mother and that baby. reporter: tudor jones later said his comments were about global traders who were on call all the time. but that did little to end the outrage or the feeling that some men are just out of touch. athena jones joins us. way out of touch. so, going back to congressman franks and his comments about pregnancy and rape. what is he saying today, athena? good morning, carol. congressman frank said after this situation played out yesterday that he thought that democrats were trying to stoke this controversy. to shift the debate away from the issue of whether abortion should be banned after 20 weeks to something else for this issue of rape. they were trying to distort his words, but heed a ed ed admitt word choice didn t help him in the matter, carol. abortion banned after 20
trent franks said this about rape. the incidents of rape and resulting in pregnancy are very low. reporter: his remarks came during a discussion in congress about a proposal to ban abortions after 20 weeks and brought an immediate challenge from a fellow house member. there s no scientific basis for that and the idea that the republican man on this committee think they can tell the women of america that they have to carry to term the product of a rape is outrageous. reporter: franks later tried to clarify his remarks saying that he meant to say the number of abortions due to rape after the sixth month of gestation will be low. he blamed democrats for taking his word out of congress. remember missouri republican todd aiken, here s what he said last fall. if it is a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that down. reporter: caused him and the
run in 12k3w4r0e6r78 week she debuted her twitter account which hinted with a tbd, to be determined. another controversial rape comment, arizona republican trent franks insists he was taken out of context while discussing his proposal to ban abortions after 20 weeks. here s the comment that landed him in hot water after asked about possible exceptions in cases of incest for rape. before when my friends on the left side of the aisle here tried to make rape and incest the subject because the incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low. congressman franks insists he meant to say the number of abortions resulting from rape after the start of the sixth month of gestation would be low. he s now blaming democrats for distorting his words. is this a case of police
a dip and stronger system in place and enhancement there for the moderate threat today. take a look at your threat. moderate threat and very easy to see. maryland down to virginia. but notice the slight risk area is huge. remember talking about from pennsylvania all the way down to the gulf state. we re looking at 70 million of you with the threat of the severe weather today. not just the wind and the tornadoes, but we re talking the threat of large hail, lightning and then a lot of rain. way too much rain and notice we re adding an additional two to four inches of rain and many places five to six inches above average already. 70 million people in the path of this storm. thanks so much. another u.s. congressman in damage control this morning after a controversial comment made about rape. arizona republican trent franks insisting he was taken out of context while defending his proposal to ban abortions after 20 weeks. new controversy this morning after republican congressman